you can always find me in the drift.

and better

hi, i'm wren. i've been on tumblr for over a decade in all sorts of fandoms, but this is my first time creating a space just for me.

i write. that's all i do. so i guess this is a writing blog. a writeblr? i do not know. but here's one of my current wips' aesthetics (i have many). unfortunately, i can't share too much about this one, but everything i write involves putting pretty boys in the worst situations. literary gothic horror romance with the "romance" underlined at least 3 times.

i'm going to try very hard not to care about building a following, but i would love to make some friends.

oh, i also draw. and paint. i'm still learning, but i'll probably share that stuff too amongst the aesthetic vagueposting.

The inevitable new influx of people means a roundup of folks talking about "we don't have an algorithm here," "you NEED to reblog things," etc. and I would just like to offer some actually helpful advice.

One of tumblr's best assets is that it offers you multiple algorithmic feeds, including not having one at all. If you are on mobile, you will notice a "following" tab, followed by a "for you" tab, which is algorithmically generated. "Following" only includes posts from people you follow, in reverse chronological order. That's it. The vast majority of tumblr users prefer it this way, as we predate algorithms.

If you are new and looking to expand what you're finding quickly, you can browse under the algorithmic feed and tweak it once you've followed a few blogs and liked a few things - under "settings," you can choose to have posts related to your likes, or the likes of people you follow.

However - again, most users on this website do not use the algorithm. It's for that reason that reblogging posts is of such importance here. Liking a post is an appreciated sign of goodwill, but for the majority of users, it will not boost the post. Many of use use likes just as a save folder.